According to a report in Page Six, Hearst's President of Entertainment & Syndication Scott Sassa, a single father, has been forced out of the company following a sexting blackmail scandal gone wrong. Sassa had allegedly been sexting an LA stripper for months when the stripper tried to extort money from him—and he refused, resulting in the stripper forwarding their exchanges to Sassa's bosses at Hearst. [Page Six]

OK. Jennifer Lawrence... I think that most of the young people in our church saw Hunger Games. And I think they all liked that... She just kinda bursted onto the scene, didn't she? She doesn't have a very long film career, does she? [Reporter asks about Winter's Bone] Oh! That's her? Winter's Bone rocked! That was a great flick. I like Winter's Bone quite a bit. I think she did a very nice job there. Yep.

In the ongoing legal saga surrounding John Galliano's dismissal from Christian Dior two years ago: the designer is heading back to appeals court this fall seeking $6 million "based on the argument that he had rights as a salaried employee." Dior, however, is claiming that Galliano was an "independent contractor"—aka a freelancer. Ah yes, of course, the artistic director of a fashion house is a freelancer, uh-huh. [Telegraph]

In menswear news, hey douchebags, you're back in style! According to a report in today's Wall Street Journal, popped collars are back—thanks to a recent strong showing in fall presentations by labels including Emporio Armani, J. Crew, John Varvatos, and Hermes. We can't decide whether we're happy or sad about this. [WSJ]